Luke Brooks

[jirskyr]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

 

[TonyTiger]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

I’m Bagging the Tigers for having a Walker and burning him. Brooks is as good as any half in the nrl.

I wouldn’t go that far but I think he would shine in a better team with a strong pack.

Brooks has a Birdseye Baby Pea where his brain should be located, after years of expectation I’ve given up waiting for him to control the team ...
Not only did he let Mitchell Moses run riot last weekend he was content to just pass the footy and heave up some floating Lottery kicks. We deserve better and Madge’s coaching career will suffer from his initial faith in Brooks.

 

[ElleryHanley]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

I think also the Walker bros have no real relationship with the Broncs anymore (all were shown the door at some point). Conversely, they are 'mates' with Roosters hierarchy / Uncle Nic.

 

[Russell]

**Wests Tigers hold meeting with Luke Brooks amid interest from North Queensland Cowboys**

The Wests Tigers have held a sit down meeting with halfback Luke Brooks to ensure the no. 7 the club wants the playmaker to remain at Concord.
Brooks still has this season plus two more at the Wests Tigers but has been heavily linked to the North Queensland Cowboys in the past fortnight.

Brooks, 26, played under 20s for Wests Tigers when Cowboys coach Todd Payten was coaching at the joint venture.


The Tigers spoke to Brooks in the lead-up to their first victory of the season over Newcastle last Sunday to assure the halfback the club wants to retain the local junior long-term.

“We’ve told Luke we believe in him and we want him to remain our halfback,” Tigers general manager of football Adam Hartigan said.

“There’s never been any indication about him wanting to play anywhere else.”

The Cowboys are expected to enter the open market in search of a playmaker with Michael Morgan currently exploring being medically retired.

The move will mean North Queensland is cashed-up and can make a play for an established half.

Current Cowboys no. 7 Jake Clifford has signed with the Newcastle Knights for next season and is believed to be committed to the deal.

The Tigers have been linked to English Super League Man of Steel Jackson Hastings over the course of the past fortnight.

The joint venture is looking at Hastings to fill a utility player style of position for next season and beyond.

Tigers coach Michael Maguire has personally spoken to Hastings.

No deal is expected to struck anytime soon.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/tigers/wests-tigers-hold-meeting-with-luke-brooks-amid-interest-from-north-queensland-cowboys/news-story/4fd2231ad49b0bbf8e7975732f438f47

This would be the Tigers best offload ever if this happens!

Please go Brooks. Bring in Madden.

Bring in anyone else!

Geeeez you write a fair comment and it gets downvoted heavily and immediately by the fan club. So tiring honestly. It’s like Brooks has his own online marketing team.
That, or memories worse than goldfish on here. This forum is worse than Facebook sometimes.

Yeah , I’m sure that’s what the down votes were for

Not the fact his solution was a 34 year old Jimmy Maloney or a Rookie who has barely stood out in reserve grade to take the reigns.

Don’t understand why so many people on here think you hit 30 and you’re then redundant.same people saying don’t sign Adam Reynolds or Jimmy Maloney.

Yes, let’s NOT sign an experienced half who has won comp(s) and played origin. Let’s stick with someone who’s played 150 games and somehow won a dally M three years ago.

Ah yes, we certainly have a winning attitude at the Tigers.

lol we literally just got rid of a player , who was the wrong side of 30 , great bloke “game changing “ leadership and winning culture guy. With injury concerns . Coincidentally he even had the same last name .
Nope ! We build from the ground up. It’s proven the only real way to compete .

You’re trying to compare Adam Reynolds to Josh Reynolds? Are you serious? That is the dumbest comparison of players of the same quality I’ve ever heard.

I am happy to claim that Brooks is the worst half to ever play rugby league.

Then you would be wrong - there are a lot worse halves, in fact hundreds over the years.

 

[The_Patriot]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

That's a poor take on it. If you watched the game you could see him going around and addressing players like JWH and Bradley at half time. It was clear and obvious. Not a media spin on it.

Please do not compare the timid Luke Brooks to a player of that mentality.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Brooks had an outstanding combination with Tedesco scoring many tries with grubber kicks to the in-goal. Count the number of above average players we have lost while Brooks has remained. Unfortunately players of the calibre of Farah, Marshall, Tedesco, Simona, Woods, Moses, JAC cannot be replaced. Laurie, AD, Liddle plus young Simpkins and a few others bring hope. We need to be careful when comparing Brooks to halves in string rosters.

 

[Swordy]

Who needs to watch re-runs of Monty Python when you can read some of the comedy that comes on this forum.

They always said Ivan Milat didn't work alone. I wonder if Brooks' whereabouts was ever checked. They can get him for the Wanda Beach murders, 9/11 and Backpackers murders all at once.

 

[jirskyr]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

That's a poor take on it. If you watched the game you could see him going around and addressing players like JWH and Bradley at half time. It was clear and obvious. Not a media spin on it.

Please do not compare the timid Luke Brooks to a player of that mentality.

Haha yeah I watched the game. I heard the media spin - literally, I read it in the papers and heard it on Fox. I don't really care who the boy pointed his finger at, his career is 1 game old. We can revisit how good his "mentality" is in 50 first grade games.

And you'll note I didn't compare Walker to Luke Brooks, I simply said that if the same comments were made about Brooks, people would cry "FLUFF!"

In talking of comparisons, however, wouldn't I love to go back to 2013 and re-visit how talkative Brooks was in that win over St George, and how nicely the media handled his first match.

 

[izotope]

any chance they will take the "leading the team around" moniker off him and just play him as a traditional 5/8?

i think that's his best chance to regain his previously much more impressive form

 

[jirskyr]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

I think also the Walker bros have no real relationship with the Broncs anymore (all were shown the door at some point). Conversely, they are 'mates' with Roosters hierarchy / Uncle Nic.

Mate the Walker brothers have been shown the door at many clubs between them, in Australia and England. Is there something more to it with the Roosters apart from money? Is their mateship with Uncle Nick derived from favours, kickbacks and money? Or is Uncle Nick really just the world's greatest bloke ((TM))?

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

I listened to the fifth and last podcast . And as they were apart of our junior pathways , the panthers , and now the dogs they had a lot of insight into the differences between each team , whilst extremely vague in the details .
But they were adamant that the roosters recruited 16-18 year olds and paid them good coin . And had a debate about the definition of what development was , ie. 1 defined it as the development to first grade and the other . Which I agree with , and is probably the more costly one , the development between 13 plus .
They also brought something up , which I found interesting , that the tigers don’t compete with manly and the roosters , when those clubs offer financial rewards to young players . Also they commented on the fact manly just poach elite talent at the Matt’s and SG ball level , and don’t develop them , then at u20s level they get lapped , as all the physical tools and advantages are not capitalised on .

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

I listened to the fifth and last podcast . And as they were apart of our junior pathways , the panthers , and now the dogs they had a lot of insight into the differences between each team , whilst extremely vague in the details .
But they were adamant that the roosters recruited 16-18 year olds and paid them good coin . And had a debate about the definition of what development was , ie. 1 defined it as the development to first grade and the other . Which I agree with , and is probably the more costly one , the development between 13 plus .
They also brought something up , which I found interesting , that the tigers don’t compete with manly and the roosters , when those clubs offer financial rewards to young players . Also they commented on the fact manly just poach elite talent at the Matt’s and SG ball level , and don’t develop them , then at u20s level they get lapped , as all the physical tools and advantages are not capitalised on .

 

[twentyforty]

Brooks had an outstanding combination with Tedesco scoring many tries with grubber kicks to the in-goal. Count the number of above average players we have lost while Brooks has remained. Unfortunately players of the calibre of Farah, Marshall, Tedesco, Simona, Woods, Moses, JAC cannot be replaced. Laurie, AD, Liddle plus young Simpkins and a few others bring hope. We need to be careful when comparing Brooks to halves in string rosters.

I wasn’t comparing the two halves as much as the clubs they play for and that they both debuted as 18yo.
Reminds me of the laundry detergent ad were one shirt comes out more brilliant white than the other one washed in brand x. 😁

 

[The_Patriot]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

That's a poor take on it. If you watched the game you could see him going around and addressing players like JWH and Bradley at half time. It was clear and obvious. Not a media spin on it.

Please do not compare the timid Luke Brooks to a player of that mentality.

Haha yeah I watched the game. I heard the media spin - literally, I read it in the papers and heard it on Fox. I don't really care who the boy pointed his finger at, his career is 1 game old. We can revisit how good his "mentality" is in 50 first grade games.

And you'll note I didn't compare Walker to Luke Brooks, I simply said that if the same comments were made about Brooks, people would cry "FLUFF!"

In talking of comparisons, however, wouldn't I love to go back to 2013 and re-visit how talkative Brooks was in that win over St George, and how nicely the media handled his first match.

I'll repeat. I saw it with my own eyes. The media didn't handle it in a way that made me think it.

 

[bigsiro]

any chance they will take the "leading the team around" moniker off him and just play him as a traditional 5/8?

i think that's his best chance to regain his previously much more impressive form

The Tigers don’t exist so to make life easier for Luke Brooks.

 

[izotope]

any chance they will take the "leading the team around" moniker off him and just play him as a traditional 5/8?

i think that's his best chance to regain his previously much more impressive form

The Tigers don’t exist so to make life easier for Luke Brooks.

Not sure how that is relevant. Whether he realises it or not he isnt a halfbacks bootlace.
Same as Wingers thinking they are centres or fullback, sometimes they need to be hit with some reality.

Im hopeful AD can grow into the leader role and brooks just plays off the cuff

 

[jirskyr]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

That's a poor take on it. If you watched the game you could see him going around and addressing players like JWH and Bradley at half time. It was clear and obvious. Not a media spin on it.

Please do not compare the timid Luke Brooks to a player of that mentality.

Haha yeah I watched the game. I heard the media spin - literally, I read it in the papers and heard it on Fox. I don't really care who the boy pointed his finger at, his career is 1 game old. We can revisit how good his "mentality" is in 50 first grade games.

And you'll note I didn't compare Walker to Luke Brooks, I simply said that if the same comments were made about Brooks, people would cry "FLUFF!"

In talking of comparisons, however, wouldn't I love to go back to 2013 and re-visit how talkative Brooks was in that win over St George, and how nicely the media handled his first match.

I'll repeat. I saw it with my own eyes. The media didn't handle it in a way that made me think it.

That's cool but the media did spin it, separate to whatever you saw on the field. 1 match for young Walker. I dearly would love to wind back the clock and get input from Brooks' first match, what kind of mentality he appeared to have.

 

[hank37w]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

No but they do recruit mentality. That's the real reason for their continued success.

Sam walker 18yo and giving speeches to his team, demanding this and that. Asking more of grown men like JWH.

They do their homework and recruit to fit their culture.

Mate that's all fluff about Sam Walker; just fluffy narrative about a debutant. Of course Roosters talk up his ability and his mentality.

Change "Sam Walker" for "Luke Brooks" in that story and people howl it down as fluff and rubbish. Who cares what he is reported to say or be like, it only matters if he can get the wins. And Walker is lucky he is debuting into the 2021 Chooks and not the 2013/14 Tigers.

What really makes me wonder is Broncos lined up to re-sign Sam Walker (he was already a junior) and he was apparently unimpressed with the way the Broncos handled negotiations, instead chose the Roosters. If you are a young boy from Ipswich and you choose not to re-sign at 16 years old with your current club, the club that your Dad and both of your uncles debuted for - what is that saying either about the Broncos or the Roosters? Recall that at the time (June 2019) Broncos had not won the wooden spoon and were finalists.

Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that in 2019 Roosters made Sam Walker the highest paid 16 year old sports person in Australia.

Introduced him to the game of golf.

 

[hank37w]

Gosh, what would we do without a Luke Brooks thread?
OK, sure I’ll admit he’s not the best half in the comp, but he’s our half.

How dare Brooks let Moses crab 40 meters across field and leave our defensive line staggered ! That’s Brooks fault!

Are you honestly happy with what Brooks contributes to the team ?

Are you honestly happy with our goal line defense?

Clearly our biggest issue out of yesterday imo

Of course not but it’s the lack of brains and the failure of our main playmaker to get the upper hand in gaining us repeat sets which then forces the plodders to do more work in defence

Then it all snowballs into an avalanche .
Everyone of Brooks’s halves partners has had to carry the load due to his incompetence but for some reason the mediocrity fan club think he’s just wonderful ...

And that my friend is why we haven’t made the 8 in donkeys years .

How many games did Flanagan play at the Roosters 18? 20 ?
He didn’t cut it so they offloaded him but nah ...
Not with Lukey boy ... he’s wonderful..
Let’s give him 150+ games and pray ..


I just had a quick check, Hobby, there doesn’t appear to be a Sam Walker in the ranks waiting for an opportunity?
That’s the result of two decades of mismanagement and neglect. How we managed to hang onto Brooks should be seen as a small success. Now, if only we can defrag his hard drive and make him forget a lot of what we’ve taught him?
Brooks was our 18yo Sam Walker.

Pretty sure Sam Walker was signed from Ipswich jets , with the whole football world offering the world to him .
It’s hardly great roster management to chase the best kids . Same thing for Sualli. It’s a by product of the common knowledge that if you play for the roosters you will stumble into boats , apartments , 30k par 4s etc . As well just a successful club on the field .
You can’t bag the tigers for not having a Walker , as neither did the roosters , the kid came from his dads team up north .

I’m Bagging the Tigers for having a Walker and burning him. Brooks is as good as any half in the nrl.

I wouldn’t go that far but I think he would shine in a better team with a strong pack.

Roosters or Melbourne would probably win comp with Brooks

Kenny Bromwich would have his back for sure. Les Davidson famously said to ‘Tugger’ Coleman, “you do my thinking and I’ll do your fighting”. Whose defending our halves at the moment. They’re being asked to do everything including make 25 tackles.

Which is why Reynolds wouldn't go all that well here at the moment.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

People are sleeping on Luke Brooks. Since Adam Douiehi came back he has been good. Statistically last game was his best in a while.

Last round according to Fox Sports: 14 tackles, 3 missed, 2 tackle breaks, 1 line break, 2 try assists and a hand in one more. He also makes runs and sets us up plays late in tackle counts when we're struggling a bit to make metres.

If he can keep this up he will be one of our best players this season.